Hi, I'm Kelly Mowrer and
thank you for joining me today
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for His Words are Life.
Before we begin to read,
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Let's pray together.
Dear Jesus, thank you so much
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for the words that you
have given for us to read today.
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Please put them in our
hearts and may they bear fruit
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for your glory. Help us not just
to hear them, but to do them,
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we love you so much. Amen.
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Again, thank you for joining me,
and we're reading in the book of
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Romans, chapter 15,
we'll begin with verse 18,
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and this is the
King James version.
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For I will not dare to speak of
any of those things which Christ
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hath not wrought by me, to
make the Gentiles obedient,
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by word and deed, through
mighty signs and wonders,
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by the power of the Spirit
of God; so that from Jerusalem,
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and round about unto Illyricum,
I have fully preached the gospel
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of Christ. Yea, so have I
strived to preach the gospel,
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not where Christ was named,
lest I should build upon another
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man's foundation: but as it
is written, To whom he was not
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spoken of, they shall see:
and they that have not heard
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shall understand. For which
cause also I have been much
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hindered from coming to you.
But now having no more place
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in these parts, and having a
great desire these many years
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to come unto you; whensoever
I take my journey into Spain,
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I will come to you: for I
trust to see you in my journey,
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and to be brought on
my way thitherward by you,
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if first I be somewhat
filled with your company.
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But now I go unto Jerusalem
to minister unto the saints.
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For it hath pleased
them of Macedonia and Achaia
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to make a certain
contribution for the poor saints
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which are at Jerusalem.
It hath pleased them verily;
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and their debtors they are.
For if the Gentiles have been
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made partakers of
their spiritual things,
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their duty is also to minister
unto them in carnal things.
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When therefore I have
performed this, and have sealed
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to them this fruit, I
will come by you into Spain.
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And I am sure that, when I come
unto you, I shall come in the
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fullness of the blessing
of the gospel of Christ.
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Now I beseech you, brethren,
for the Lord Jesus Christ's
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sake and for the love of the
spirit, that ye strive together
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with me in your
prayers to God for me;
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that I may be delivered
from them that do not believe
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in Judaea; and that my service
which I have for Jerusalem
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may be accepted of the
saints; that I may come unto you
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with joy by the will of God,
and may with you be refreshed.
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Now the God of peace
be with you all. Amen
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We're reading from
the King James version,
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the book of
Romans, chapter sixteen.
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I commend unto you Phebe our
sister, which is a servant of
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the church which is at Cenchrea.
That ye receive her in the Lord,
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as becometh saints, and
that ye assist her in whatsoever
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business she hath need of you:
for she hath been a succourer of
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many, and of myself also. Greet
Priscilla and Aquila my helpers
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in Christ Jesus: who have
for my life laid down their own
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necks: unto whom not only I give
thanks but also all the churches
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of the Gentiles.
Likewise greet the church
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that is in their house. Salute
my well beloved Epaenetus,
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who is the firstfruits of
Achaia unto Christ. Greet Mary,
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who bestowed much labour on
us. Salute Andronicus and Junia,
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my kinsmen, and my fellow
prisoners, who are of note
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among the apostles, who
also were in Christ before me.
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Greet Amplias my beloved in the
Lord. Salute Urbane, our helper
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in Christ, and Stachys
my beloved. Salute Apelles
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approved in Christ. Salute
them which are of Aristobulus'
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household. Salute Herodion my
kinsman. Greet them that be of
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the household of Narcissus,
which are in the Lord.
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Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa,
who labour in the Lord.
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Salute the beloved Persis,
which laboured much in the Lord.
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Salute Rufus chosen in the
Lord, and his mother and mine.
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Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon,
Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and
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the brethren which are
with them. Salute Philologus,
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and Julia, Nereus, and his
sister, and Olympas, and all
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the saints which are
with them. Salute one another
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with a holy kiss. The
churches of Christ salute you.
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Now I beseech you brethren,
mark them which cause divisions
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and offences contrary to the
doctrine which ye have learned;
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and avoid them. For they that
are such serve not our Lord,
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Jesus Christ, but their
own belly; and by good words
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and fair speeches deceive
the hearts of the simple.
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For your obedience is
come abroad unto all men.
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I am glad therefore on your
behalf: but yet I would have you
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wise unto that which is good,
and simple concerning evil.
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And the God of peace shall
bruise Satan under your feet
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shortly. The grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
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Timotheus my workfellow, and
Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater
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my kinsmen, salute you. I
Tertius, who wrote this epistle,
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salute you in the Lord. Gaius
mine host, and of the whole
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church, saluteth you. Erastus
the chamberlain of the city
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saluteth you, and
Quartus a brother.
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The grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ be with you all. Amen.
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Now to him that is of
power to stablish you according
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to my gospel, and the preaching
of Jesus Christ, according
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to the revelation of the mystery
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which was kept secret since the
world began,. But now is made
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manifest, and by the scriptures
of the prophets, according to
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the commandment of
the everlasting God,
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made known unto all nations
for the obedience of faith:
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To God only wise, be
glory through Jesus Christ
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forever. Amen. We're reading
from the King James version, and
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beginning the 1st epistle
of Paul to the Corinthians,
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chapter one: Paul, called to
be an apostle of Jesus Christ
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through the will of God,
and Sosthenes our brother,
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unto the church of God which
is at Corinth, to them that are
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sanctified in Christ
Jesus, called to be saints,
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which all that in every place
call upon the name of Jesus
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Christ our Lord, both theirs
and ours; Grace be unto you,
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and peace from God our Father,
and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
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I thank my God always on your
behalf, for the grace of God
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which is given you by Jesus
Christ; that in every thing
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you are enriched by him, in all
utterance, and in all knowledge;
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Even as the testimony of
Christ was confirmed in you:
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So that ye come behind in
no gift; waiting for the coming
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of our Lord Jesus Christ;
who shall also confirm you
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unto the end, that ye may be
blameless in the day of our Lord
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Jesus Christ. God is
faithful, by whom ye were called
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unto the fellowship of
his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Now I beseech you, brethren,
by the name of our Lord Jesus
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Christ, that ye all speak the
same thing, and that there be no
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divisions among you; but that
ye be perfectly joined together
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in the same mind and in the
same judgment. For it hath been
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declared unto me of you, my
brethren, by them which are of
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the house of Chloe, that
there are contentions among you.
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Now this I say, that every
one of you saith, I am of Paul;
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and I of Apollos; and I
of Cephas; and I of Christ.
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Is Christ divided? was
Paul crucified for you?
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or were you baptized in
the name of Paul? I thank God
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that I baptized none of
you, but Crispus and Gaius;
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Lest any should say that I
had baptized in mine own name.
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And I baptized also
the household of Stephanas:
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besides, I know not whether I
baptized any other. For Christ
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sent me not to baptize, but
to preach the gospel: not with
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wisdom of words, lest the cross
of Christ should be made of
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none effect. For the preaching
of the cross is to them
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that perish foolishness;
but unto us which are saved
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it is the power of God. For it
is written, I will destroy the
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wisdom of the wise,
and will bring to nothing
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the understanding of the
prudent. Where is the wise?
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Where is the scribe? Where
is the disputer of this world?
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Hath not God made foolish
the wisdom of this world?
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For after that in the wisdom
of God the world by wisdom knew
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not God, it pleased God by
the foolishness of preaching
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to save them that believe.
For the Jews require a sign,
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and the Greeks seek after
wisdom: but we preach Christ
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crucified, unto the Jews a
stumbling block, and unto Greeks
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foolishness; but unto them which
are called, both Jews and Greeks
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Christ the power of
God, and the wisdom of God.
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because the foolishness
of God is wiser than men;
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and the weakness of
God is stronger than men.
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For ye see your calling,
brethren, how that not many
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wise men after the flesh,
not many mighty, not many noble,
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are called: But God hath chosen
the foolish things of the world
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to confound the wise; and
God hath chosen the weak things
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of the world to confound
the things which are mighty;
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And base things of the world,
and things which are despised,
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hath God chosen, yea,
and things which are not,
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to bring to naught things that
are: that no flesh should glory
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in his presence. But of
him are ye in Christ Jesus,
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who of God is made unto
us wisdom, and righteousness
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and sanctification, and
redemption: that according
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as it is written, He
that glorieth, let him glory
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in the Lord. We are reading
from I Corinthians, chapter 2,
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this is the King James version.
And I, brethren, when I came
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to you, came not with excellency
of speech or of wisdom,
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declaring unto you the testimony
of God. For I determined not to
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know anything among you, save
Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
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And I was with you in
weakness, and in fear,
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and in much trembling. And
my speech and my preaching was
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not with enticing words of man's
wisdom, but in demonstration
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of the Spirit and of power:
That your faith should not stand
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in the wisdom of men, but in the
power of God. Howbeit we speak
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wisdom among them that are
perfect: yet not the wisdom
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of this world, nor of
the princes of this world,
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that come to naught: but
we speak the wisdom of God
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in a mystery, even the hidden
wisdom, which God ordained
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before the world unto our glory.
Which none of the princes of
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this world knew: for had they
known it, they would not have
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crucified the Lord of
glory. But as it is written,
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Eye hath not seen, nor ear
heard neither have entered into
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the heart of man, the
things which God hath prepared
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for them that love him. But
God hath revealed them unto us
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by his Spirit: for the Spirit
searcheth all things, yea,
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the deep things of God. For
what man knoweth the things of a
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man, save the spirit of
man which is in him? even so
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the things of God knoweth
no man but the Spirit of God.
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Now we have received, not
the spirit of the world, but the
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spirit which is of God; that we
might know the things that are
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freely given to us of God.
Which things also we speak,
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not in the words
which man's wisdom teacheth,
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but which the Holy Ghost
teacheth; comparing spiritual
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things with spiritual. But
the natural man receiveth not
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the things of the Spirit of God:
for they are foolishness unto
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him: neither can he know them,
because they are spiritually
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discerned. But he that is
spiritual judgeth all things,
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yet he himself is judged of no
man. For who hath known the mind
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of the Lord, that
he may instruct him?
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But we have the mind of Christ.
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We are reading in the book
of I Corinthians, chapter 3.
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And I, brethren, could not
speak unto you as unto spiritual
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but as unto carnal,
even as unto babes in Christ.
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I have fed you with milk,
and not with meat: for hitherto
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ye were not able to bear
it, neither yet now are ye able.
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For ye are yet carnal:
for whereas there is among you
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envying, and strife, and
divisions, are ye not carnal,
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and walk as men? For while one
saith, I am of Paul; and another
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I am of Apollos, are ye
not carnal? Who then is Paul,
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and who is Apollos, but
ministers by whom ye believed,
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even as the Lord gave to every
man? I have planted, Apollos
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watered; but God
gave the increase.
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So then neither is he
that planteth any thing,
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neither he that watereth; but
God that giveth the increase.
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Now he that planteth and he that
watereth are one: and every man
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shall receive his own reward
according to his own labour.
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For we are
labourers together with God:
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ye are God's husbandry,
ye are God's building.
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Thank you for
coming apart with me today,
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to read the words of God.
Until we're together again,
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may the God of
hope keep you in peace
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through Christ Jesus our Lord.
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